Gayageum Geomungo Daegeum Piri HaegeumCheon-nyeon-man-se(wishing the people a long and lasting life) is a representative work from the julpungryu (string chamber) repertoire which was developed in the late Joseon period. The suite includes three pieces: a slow-paced song known as Gyemyeongarak dodeuri; Yangcheong dodeuri which proceeds at a faster pace; and the final piece, Ujogarak dodeuri , which takes us back to the slow temp. The second piece Yangcheong dodeuri is one of the fastest pieces in the jeongak (aristocratic instrumental chamber) genre of music. Today, ensemble PHASE will be performing Gyemyeongarak dodeuri and Yangcheong dodeuri.

2. Karma ( 業 ) composed by Yesong Ra Instrumentation｜Daegeum Janggu

A sandcastle built by the seashoreA wave swallows the whole castle leaving nothing but sand.Another sandcastle is built by the seashoreAgain a wave swallows the whole castle leaving nothing but sand.Wave falls, sand becomes wet .

According to Korea’s ancient document 『Jingsimrok』 , Saint Mago is a queen of the ‘‘Castle Mago’, the highest castle in the ground. Her two daughters, Gunghui and Sohui , who gave birth without a spouse, were called ‘Three goddess of Mago’. Narke composed by Taeil Lee Instrumentation｜Gayageum Geomungo Daegeum Piri Haegeum

Narke is a term that appears in Plato’s mid-term dialogue Meno(Μένων), which refers to ‘electric ray’.

Narke is a piece which focused on time and noise. It enables people to get a glimpse of various pronunciation of each instrument within the time frame set by the composer.

Air Earth Ocean is a miniature tone poem about the three worlds of our mother the earth, the creatures who live on and in each world, the dynamics of flow, the spirits of the air, water and soil, the rivers of emotion that exhale the breath of the ocean up into the clouds and over the mountains, the streaming hordes of fire ants and naked humans dancing in the streets and canyons, the bird magicians dancing in the rising air currents and boldly singing secrets from their hidden perches amongst the ears and hands and brilliant green chlorophyll tongues, trembling with each passing whisper ….